Flooding fears haven’t materialized in the panhandle, although coastal counties southeast of Tallahassee and north of Tampa remained under a flood watch today. Another 2-4 inches were in the forecast.

Rain chances in Palm Beach are at 60 percent today and tonight before edging down to 50 percent Tuesday, 40 percent Wednesday and 30 percent Thursday.

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RECORD WATCH: Daytona Beach’s high Sunday of 90 marked 41 straight days with high temperatures 90 or above, tying a record set in 1977, according to the National Weather Service. PBIA has had just one high temperature below 90 over the last 45 days. That was on July 24, when the temperature maxed out at 87.

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TROPICS TALK: The two areas of interest under scrutiny by the National Hurricane Center over the weekend have all but faded away, and the tropical Atlantic looks calm and quiet as we head into the second week of August.

Showers have persisted in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico, but the NHC has taken it off its forecast map and is no longer tracking its associated low. The Atlantic system that looked to be kicking up near the Lesser Antilles on Friday has drifted north and mostly washed out, with NHC forecasters giving it near zero chance of development.

Tropical activity usually starts ramping up after the middle of August. (Credit: NOAA)

The Central Tropical Atlantic, into the Caribbean, is dominated by dry air, and even the tropical wave train coming off the West Coast of Africa looks as if it’s run out of steam.

Morning runs of NOAA’s GFS show nothing of note, and even the hyperactive Canadian model (CMC) has a ho-hum forecast over the next seven days.

Based on averages from 1966 to 2009, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season usually forms on Aug. 10, and the third named storm forms on Aug. 13.

The big pick-up, based on climatology, starts around the middle of August and peaks on Sept. 10, then drops off drastically after that but hits a little uptick in October.

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CALLING ALL STORM SPOTTERS: Help paint a more complete picture of stormy South Florida by becoming an observer for the National Weather Service through the Palm Beach County Skywarn program. A class is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Palm Beach County Emergency Management Office, 20 S. Military Trail in West Palm Beach.

Anyone 15 or older qualifies — 15-17 should be accompanied by an adult — for the training on how to identify severe weather and report it to the NWS in Miami.

The free class starts at 9:30 a.m. and runs until 1:30-2 p.m.

Sign up on the Skywarn web site using the class request form. For questions, email Palm Beach County Skywarn Coordinator Maurice Dake at k9ee@comcast.net.